167 Our Apologies

“I always help you out, Ace. Now it’s your turn to help me out,” Claudia said sternly.

After glaring at me and Ace, she finally made her way out of the café. I was still too shocked to speak when she left. The fact that she was gone also meant that I was left alone with Ace. Suddenly, fear and panic started swallowing me up and my hands and feet felt so weak and cold. For a moment, I honestly thought that I was going to faint.

“I guess you didn’t sleep well last night…” Ace said with a tinge of regret in his tone.

“It’s pretty obvious, huh?” I mumbled a little sarcastically.

The large dark circles and my puffy eyes probably gave it all away that I didn’t sleep well last night and that I had been crying my eyes out for hours. Ace sighed loudly as he shook his head slowly from side to side while I wondered how we both got ourselves into this messy web of unfortunate and hurtful misunderstanding.